That's commonly said, but I checked my cities budget numbers and it's actually the opposite. The city average per pupil is $9,215 per year. The school system a

That's commonly said, but I checked my cities budget numbers and it's actually the opposite. The city average per pupil is $9,215 per year. The school system as a whole is funded citywide, then funding is allocated by the school system with extra money and teachers sent into "bad" schools. The "bad schools" have more teachers per student, more money per student, and smaller schools, and average between $12,000 and $14,000 per pupil. However, if you move out of the city, across the state line, to the richer bedrooms community with the really good public schools, you will find that they spend even less per student than the average city school. The best school system in the metro area spends $7,600 per student. Parents matter far more than the amount of money spent on the school system.